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as large as the pentagon is. i pentagon where i spent many years. what i did]jé -- what i found war that i never believed would ever be fought. my job for community, at that point, for me, things changed drastically. i went back to work, and i was tasked along with others, i'm sure -- but i was tasked with trying to discern whether or not there was a relationship between saddam hussein and osama bin laden. now, i turned to my boss and i said, nope, job done. what's next. but, of course, i had to sit down with the chief analyst on counterterrorism for iraq and we sat and looked over just about every piece of intelligence that we could in the time allotted us. now, of course, since then people have done even more. but even back then, with what we had, we put together an assessment that said there was no relationship between the two. as we, the united states, went into afghanistan, my work more and more turned towards taking the old target lists that we had for the various contingency plans for iraq for that war th
as large as the pentagon is. i pentagon where i spent many years. what i did]jé -- what i found war that i never believed would ever be fought. my job for community, at that point, for me, things changed drastically. i went back to work, and i was tasked along with others, i'm sure -- but i was tasked with trying to discern whether or not there was a relationship between saddam hussein and osama bin laden. now, i turned to my boss and i said, nope, job done. what's next. but, of course, i had...
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one of the people in the book is a scientist for the pentagon and he says look, kiki me $50,000 i want to i could shut down manhattan right now. he came up with a pretty scary scenario of current robotics. the other though is the changes the effect of suicide bombing, takes away the effect on those organizations. that is you don't have to be suicidal to have many of the same lethality in impact which allows new actors into the game and reframes the way we have to look at it al qaeda 2.0 but the next version of a timothy mcveigh because you don't have to persuade a robot that is going to be received by seven virgins and haven't to convince it to blow itself up. but these ruppel lookbacks the what to other areas. for example on art and politics, one of the people i-- was assisted-- ronald reagan and this is what he had to say. quote, i like the systems because they save lives. but i also worry about were marketed station, hamar shock and awe talk to defray discussion of the cost of war. people are more likely to support it did they view it as cost lisper coe i thought that was a pretty i
one of the people in the book is a scientist for the pentagon and he says look, kiki me $50,000 i want to i could shut down manhattan right now. he came up with a pretty scary scenario of current robotics. the other though is the changes the effect of suicide bombing, takes away the effect on those organizations. that is you don't have to be suicidal to have many of the same lethality in impact which allows new actors into the game and reframes the way we have to look at it al qaeda 2.0 but the...
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to 9/11 most of the companies couldn't even get their calls returned by the pentagon. after 9/11 one of the executives at a company described they were told, quote, make them as fast as you can and it's the same thing the ec within the different specialties because robotics is a wide field whether you talk about drones to unmanned platforms within eod community they actually have small numbers of robots before 9/11 but wouldn't use them because it was seen as the not so courageous thing to do and in that community they have what is called the ski-ski effect. that is a certain day in iraq we lost to eod soldiers who is both naim and it in ski and the committee's basic attitude changed to you know what, we may -- the courage aspect doesn't matter. we have to start using the systems. we're losing people too quickly. with packbots the describe the moment being deployed experimental ones out to the very first forces in afghanistan were trying to investigate the bunker complex and realized combatants astelin site or weapons it was the same technology that we were using backe
to 9/11 most of the companies couldn't even get their calls returned by the pentagon. after 9/11 one of the executives at a company described they were told, quote, make them as fast as you can and it's the same thing the ec within the different specialties because robotics is a wide field whether you talk about drones to unmanned platforms within eod community they actually have small numbers of robots before 9/11 but wouldn't use them because it was seen as the not so courageous thing to do...
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new-line is a scientist for the pentagon if you gave me $50,000 i could shut down manhattan right now. he came up with a scary scenario he could buy off the open market but the other is that it changes the effect of suicide bombing intakes for that defect that you don't have to be suicidal to have the impact which allows new actors into the game. looking at all excited 2.show but also the next version of the timothy mcveigh because you don't have to persuade a robot that it will be received by 70 virgins in heaven to blow itself up. let the ripple effects go out and other areas like our own politics. by spoke with former assistant secretary of defense for ronald reagan "i like the systems because they save lives. but i also worry about more market is setian of four more shock and awe talked to defray discussion of the cost of war. people are more likely to support the use of force if they view it as cost less. >> i thought that was an interesting quote in terms of capturing the effects. the robotics may go to a final point* that you all know we do not have a draft any more. we don't d
new-line is a scientist for the pentagon if you gave me $50,000 i could shut down manhattan right now. he came up with a scary scenario he could buy off the open market but the other is that it changes the effect of suicide bombing intakes for that defect that you don't have to be suicidal to have the impact which allows new actors into the game. looking at all excited 2.show but also the next version of the timothy mcveigh because you don't have to persuade a robot that it will be received by...
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a couple pentagon guys might be able to comment too. >> i defer to the expertise of the pentagon guys. from what i have read, yes. i think just -- talking a minute ago, a lot of these groups in the syrian civil war more generally appear to be a monolith from the outside, a single coherent group with the same interest. from all the reports i have read this seems to be not the case with isis. isis's leadership appears to be comprised in two groups. one, the leadership base it inherited from al qaeda in iraq and crossed by the u.s. surged and on the other hand by baptist military officers who were ousted following the invasion in 2003 and by reports were radicalized in prisons over the past decade or so and these two forces are very potent together. i wonder in the long term the depths of this radicalization, whether in iraq or syria, an ambivalent relationship to religions throughout its history so i wonder the depth of this radicalization. i don't doubt it but i want to know more and i wonder reagan for how long will these two constituencies stay together? >> thank you for your present
a couple pentagon guys might be able to comment too. >> i defer to the expertise of the pentagon guys. from what i have read, yes. i think just -- talking a minute ago, a lot of these groups in the syrian civil war more generally appear to be a monolith from the outside, a single coherent group with the same interest. from all the reports i have read this seems to be not the case with isis. isis's leadership appears to be comprised in two groups. one, the leadership base it inherited from...
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we have a couple of pentagon -- pentagon guys here today. >> or would like to further the expertise of the pentagon guy said that the case. from what everything i have read yes, i think is in the case of the alawites as we are talking a minute ago a lot of these groups in the syrian civil war in iraq worked generally appearing to be a monolith from the outside. another was a single coherent group at the same interests and from all the reports i've read this seems to be not the case with isis. that is isis leadership appears to be comprised of two groups. one, the leadership to base it inherited from al qaeda in iraq the group that was quashed by the u.s. surge among other things of the my one hand and on the other hand baathists who are radicalized in prisons over the past decade or so. these two forces are very potent together. i wonder in the long-term the depth of his radicalization. the bath whether in iraq or syria has an ambivalent relationship to religion throughout its history. i don't doubt it but i want to know more and i wonder again for how long will these two key constitue
we have a couple of pentagon -- pentagon guys here today. >> or would like to further the expertise of the pentagon guy said that the case. from what everything i have read yes, i think is in the case of the alawites as we are talking a minute ago a lot of these groups in the syrian civil war in iraq worked generally appearing to be a monolith from the outside. another was a single coherent group at the same interests and from all the reports i've read this seems to be not the case with...
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obviously from him it goes up to the pentagon and to the white house in very short order but it really works for the secretary of defense and for the present. >> and the difference between what jsoc to does and the paramilitary division does what's the difference? >> there is an overlap between the organizations now and you will find the members of that organization in the battlefield as it were in the same embassy doing some of the same work. the obvious difference is that the command is a lot bigger and has a lot more firepower. the special activities division you would expect to be working in battlefields in which the united states is not at war with perhaps the slightly shadier characters than the military and with different legal authorities than the military. but increasingly, especially in the last few years the special operations command and special missions unit have expanded the human intelligence gathering apparatus are increasingly encroaching on the difference. >> host: it might sound and arcane question that it's the difference between what is covert versus what the cia d
obviously from him it goes up to the pentagon and to the white house in very short order but it really works for the secretary of defense and for the present. >> and the difference between what jsoc to does and the paramilitary division does what's the difference? >> there is an overlap between the organizations now and you will find the members of that organization in the battlefield as it were in the same embassy doing some of the same work. the obvious difference is that the...
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and then it's obviously from him and it goes up to the pentagon and to the white house in very short order. but it really works, it really works for the secretary of the defense and for the present. >> and the difference what jsoc does or military division does, what's the real difference? >> guest: there's certainly an overlap between two those two organizations now and you'll often find members of each organization on the same battlefield as they were in the same -- in the same embassy doing some of the same work. the obvious difference is joint operations command is a lot bigger and a lot more fire power, the special activities division you would expect to be working in battlefields in which the united states is not at war with perhaps slightly shady characters in the military and different authorities, different legal authorities than the military, but does not -- but increasingly specially in the last few years, joint special operations command special mission units have expanded their human intelligence gathering apparatus? >> host: you know it's important the difference betwee
and then it's obviously from him and it goes up to the pentagon and to the white house in very short order. but it really works, it really works for the secretary of the defense and for the present. >> and the difference what jsoc does or military division does, what's the real difference? >> guest: there's certainly an overlap between two those two organizations now and you'll often find members of each organization on the same battlefield as they were in the same -- in the same...
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that comes with hard decisions and resource decisions in the pentagon. we not heard a lot about that. my guess would be given the overall trend of how were moving in the military forces and globally is that were not as prepared today to execute on multi- options as we would've been three or four years ago but could argue we have the jcpoa so there's less of a need but if we are in a post jcpoa world and i agree with robin and ken and their assessment of the iranians if we assume you're not to be engaged in the diplomatic negotiation with the iranians anytime soon, if ever, under this ministration the question of plan has to be back on the table. >> don't get me wrong, i ran is suffering. value of the currency as a third of what was a year ago so it was sanctions at the end of the day they got the iranians to the table in 2013. that is clearly one way of squeezing them. it's the timetable and everything to gain something. rouhani campaign on something in the beginning and obama was interested in changing in the aftermath of the arab spring and chaos sprea
that comes with hard decisions and resource decisions in the pentagon. we not heard a lot about that. my guess would be given the overall trend of how were moving in the military forces and globally is that were not as prepared today to execute on multi- options as we would've been three or four years ago but could argue we have the jcpoa so there's less of a need but if we are in a post jcpoa world and i agree with robin and ken and their assessment of the iranians if we assume you're not to...
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i'm astounded that the pentagon functions as well today as it does. i don't know how these guys and gals put up with this stuff it is nonsensical in the extreme you don't get a budget but you have oversight so forth and i invited a number of people from pentagon to come here tonight. you know what they said we would love to i have to contact my lawyer to see whether i can. this is madness. so the brain based approach consist of these three arts. now, what else do we immediate to do? in nfc we need to have a red team that challenges all of the policy assumses that are made. we just recognized jerusalem what was the strategy and hoping to achieve does this make sense, we don't do that in the pentagon, i think we have to separate the joint chief of staff who were double headed as joint chief and service choaf and their job is is to provide at joint chief strategic advice and guidance and military doesn't always get it correct but nonpartisan and educated and tcially experienced and they are consistent. they are there for a very long time. coining that se
i'm astounded that the pentagon functions as well today as it does. i don't know how these guys and gals put up with this stuff it is nonsensical in the extreme you don't get a budget but you have oversight so forth and i invited a number of people from pentagon to come here tonight. you know what they said we would love to i have to contact my lawyer to see whether i can. this is madness. so the brain based approach consist of these three arts. now, what else do we immediate to do? in nfc we...
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>> it was given to the pentagon force protection agency. they obviously do the protection of the pentagon reservation. they would be the ones who would be testing testing. the testing did not occur inside the pentagon and i will allow franca to give you a follow-up. thank you very much. >> on the locations can you make that public and how many in this population you are concerned about are undergoing protected medical treatment? >> right now my understanding is we can give you all of the individual states, the individual locations. i will defer to our experts here. i really have to go and again most of these questions are going to be better answered by the people who are dealing with this and understand the mechanisms in the investigation. they have been working essentially round-the-clock since last week. [inaudible] >> the three countries. some of the people who are on the airbase are under precautionary measures but right now we know three countries. thank you very much. >> before we get into more questions are subject matter experts her
>> it was given to the pentagon force protection agency. they obviously do the protection of the pentagon reservation. they would be the ones who would be testing testing. the testing did not occur inside the pentagon and i will allow franca to give you a follow-up. thank you very much. >> on the locations can you make that public and how many in this population you are concerned about are undergoing protected medical treatment? >> right now my understanding is we can give you...
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i also think the pentagon is very aware that the president of yemen is ill. he spent much of the last two months at the cleveland clinic. he has serious heart problems. and even though he has been in exile since, i think, 2015? anyway, for a number of years in riyadh, that -- i think he's gone back, you know, made these brief trips, but the government doesn't control etc. own capital. the problem is if he dies, the vice president is from the isla party. the saudi man, the vice president isn't, and so what you can do is see a complicated scenario where there's military chaos already, and then the rivalry over just which government is saudi arabia actually trying to put back in control, and that's -- you see a political process that unravels and makes diplomacy even harder. is so i think that's something that there's an awareness, a confluence of factors. and then you throw in jamal's death, and that has given more focus. but again, i'm not convinced that it's going to lead any place. it need -- the u.s. is talking about the u.n. taking the lead on this, and we
i also think the pentagon is very aware that the president of yemen is ill. he spent much of the last two months at the cleveland clinic. he has serious heart problems. and even though he has been in exile since, i think, 2015? anyway, for a number of years in riyadh, that -- i think he's gone back, you know, made these brief trips, but the government doesn't control etc. own capital. the problem is if he dies, the vice president is from the isla party. the saudi man, the vice president isn't,...
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and then the pentagon and with that strategy in the region. so al qaeda is way bigger to have more affiliates and more under control. and it is popular among so many people from the western shores of africa to southeast asia. and isis did not go away. that's where al qaeda used to be after 9/11. and then it exist with afghanistan or boko haram or to establish this presence in africa so well do terrorist attacks but then to prosecute them and put them in jail but they are still dangerous and now there's more terrorist attacks in syria than iraq. for from the shia perspective and then basically to copy the extremist. and to be very successful and then successfully with these countries and with a lot of treasure and money it seems politically with the nonstate actors and then word moved to support the side. and then and then the southern peninsula. i think we have violent extremist groups. and with those powers and to terrorist organizations and then it makes it even more. from that perspective with the white supreme missy one --dash but they are
and then the pentagon and with that strategy in the region. so al qaeda is way bigger to have more affiliates and more under control. and it is popular among so many people from the western shores of africa to southeast asia. and isis did not go away. that's where al qaeda used to be after 9/11. and then it exist with afghanistan or boko haram or to establish this presence in africa so well do terrorist attacks but then to prosecute them and put them in jail but they are still dangerous and now...
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declassified pentagon documents, iran-iraq war. thethe very end of it the other side, the iraqis were heavily financed by some arab gulf states and armed to the teeth by the west, that was the site on life support the iranian nation survive very well. has blocked, the most successful nonstate actor in the world,world, most lethal and this one is all because of iran. hamas, palestinian islamic jihad for probably the most important security threat to the israelis to this day. let me say it bluntly. lebanon will not have a president unless iran say so. has below has no meaningful future without the decision of iran. hassan's fate is a function of iranian design. israel's national security is a function, among others, iranian design. gulf security overall is a function of iranian design. iran has succeeded in entangling its main adversary in a vicious trading human. iran has a dominant influence: you like it or not. the only actors that can credibly threaten his kaythree. finally, they're can be no major wars without iran having a say
declassified pentagon documents, iran-iraq war. thethe very end of it the other side, the iraqis were heavily financed by some arab gulf states and armed to the teeth by the west, that was the site on life support the iranian nation survive very well. has blocked, the most successful nonstate actor in the world,world, most lethal and this one is all because of iran. hamas, palestinian islamic jihad for probably the most important security threat to the israelis to this day. let me say it...
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and, boy, we debate this a lot in the pentagon, as i'm sure you can imagine. so we have to move to the future, and the budget does predict -- submarine, for example. we actually took out more air force structure than we would like to protect the new long-range bomber, and we are protecting cyber. we're protecting soft. so the aspects of the force that we see as clearly vital for the future are protected. but the things like the aircraft carrier, you know, we thought in the scmr we'd have to go down to nine or maybe even eight with sequester, and i think your study also took the carriers down more. the outcry of going to ten, i mean, i've not had any more calls on anything than that. and i am, by my own admission, an aircraft carrier analyst myself, so i have a lot of experience with this. and i get it, it's an incredibly important capability of the force. it's a huge symbol. look at how china's announcing that they're trying to push up their aircraft carriers. so there's a precedent. we're putting him in a position where he's got to look the global community t
and, boy, we debate this a lot in the pentagon, as i'm sure you can imagine. so we have to move to the future, and the budget does predict -- submarine, for example. we actually took out more air force structure than we would like to protect the new long-range bomber, and we are protecting cyber. we're protecting soft. so the aspects of the force that we see as clearly vital for the future are protected. but the things like the aircraft carrier, you know, we thought in the scmr we'd have to go...
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and sell in the middle of the szeged day call from the public affairs officer which is the of pentagon futuristic brain trust that is where academic scientist and belt things like -- and then things like stealth technology where computer engineers connected their machines to a primitive network that they call the arpanet which we now call the internet. they would solve big card technological problems in november 2002 what was the big problem? >> talking about the animation awareness office with total information awareness had been terms of the cattiness factor with total information and awareness. to solve the problem. and you have that nervous aspect as well. blinder of public affairs officer said one more thing of interest you might be aware of the official who was in charge general poindexter. i am 26 years old at the time. my familiarity with john poindexter is probably not as steep as many of my colleagues. but i have a quick have a biography of him. he graduated from the u.s. naval academy 1958 top of his glass. had done meteoric rise through the service and was tapped by bob mcn
and sell in the middle of the szeged day call from the public affairs officer which is the of pentagon futuristic brain trust that is where academic scientist and belt things like -- and then things like stealth technology where computer engineers connected their machines to a primitive network that they call the arpanet which we now call the internet. they would solve big card technological problems in november 2002 what was the big problem? >> talking about the animation awareness...
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there was recently a pentagon spokesman saying that u.s. military vessels are in the military and region -- in the mediterranean region and standing by pair to construct the pier off the coast of gaza when given the order to do so. the u.s. was positioned to begin construction very soon, in the near future. tell us a little bit about what role that pier will play. talk us through the mechanism of getting food through this maritime route. how will that work? who are the different actors that are involved in that? and where does the pier fit into the broader paradigm you are laying down related to access? ms. kaag: the pier, the maritime route is part of a bigger picture of diversification of routes. the priority remains what i would say land, land, alnd. land. it is quicker, more protectable and more sustainable. the maritime route evolved as an option as we had the ability to get more goods by land given the crossings remain closed until fairly recently. it evolved as an opportunity to provide for additional commodities to revive in gaza --
there was recently a pentagon spokesman saying that u.s. military vessels are in the military and region -- in the mediterranean region and standing by pair to construct the pier off the coast of gaza when given the order to do so. the u.s. was positioned to begin construction very soon, in the near future. tell us a little bit about what role that pier will play. talk us through the mechanism of getting food through this maritime route. how will that work? who are the different actors that are...
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for those of you who aren't familiar with darpa, is basically the pentagon's futurists brain trust. darpa is the place where government and academic scientists invented things like stealth technology. it's a good place for several decades ago people with computer engineers connected their machines are the primitive network which they call the arpanet, which you and i now know as the internet. darpa was the place where people in government and research went to solve big, hard technological problems. and in november 2002, what was the big technological problem? connecting the dots. somoza priced articles up because we're working on something in this area and would like to tell you about. we started a new office called the information awareness office and it is something we called total information awareness, which i have to say in terms of the catchiness factor was pretty good. i mean this is a pretty ambitious title of the total information awareness. this information out there were going to be totally aware of it and solve the problem. so they have this aspect to it as well were you
for those of you who aren't familiar with darpa, is basically the pentagon's futurists brain trust. darpa is the place where government and academic scientists invented things like stealth technology. it's a good place for several decades ago people with computer engineers connected their machines are the primitive network which they call the arpanet, which you and i now know as the internet. darpa was the place where people in government and research went to solve big, hard technological...
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and richard holbrooke cast a tall, long, dark shadow on the pentagon. he was known as the kind of diplomat who loved to abuse the military. in the pentagon, you got to stop holbrook from calming, you wants to bomb things so i volunteered to be the holbrooke stopper on the delegation and it wasn't long before realized what an incredible kenyas he was and how good he was and sensitive he was an smart he was at using this so we went through these negotiations to get there. hy was his right hand guy. i was the puppets, i was on a pop master's need. he would tell me what to say in negotiation and he would say be careful, slobodan milosevic is trying to use you, he was a very clever guy. i was in uniform and slobodan milosevic would look at holbrook and didn't like him or trust him, he was a tricky guy. i was military. military is like dogs, they are smart, not so smart, but loyal. he would manipulate me, look at me and talk and smile at me and blow smoke can look daggers at him and you could see him working the delegation so we worked this through and had so
and richard holbrooke cast a tall, long, dark shadow on the pentagon. he was known as the kind of diplomat who loved to abuse the military. in the pentagon, you got to stop holbrook from calming, you wants to bomb things so i volunteered to be the holbrooke stopper on the delegation and it wasn't long before realized what an incredible kenyas he was and how good he was and sensitive he was an smart he was at using this so we went through these negotiations to get there. hy was his right hand...
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"state of terror" a former "washington post" columnist in cambodia, former pentagon correspondent for "the new york times" whose new book "you don't belong here" inspired us to produce this event and jessica donati a correspondent in afghanistan and now in washington who has just published a book on her reporting, "eagle down" the last special forces fighting the foremver war. sylvia poggioli european correspondent who reported on the war in bosnia and is coming to us late in the evening from rome and panelist and moderator deborah amos npr's international correspondent who covered two wars in iraq and he wrote a fine book on thee middle east. on her format you will find somewhere on your screen a q&a tab to send questions at any time. the panel will have the story40 discussion somewhere around 40 minutes and then we will turn to your questions and without it's all yours. >> thank you very much and pick up your questions because we will talk around then we will open it up as many of you especially journalism students will have interesting observations for all of us. if all of you coul
"state of terror" a former "washington post" columnist in cambodia, former pentagon correspondent for "the new york times" whose new book "you don't belong here" inspired us to produce this event and jessica donati a correspondent in afghanistan and now in washington who has just published a book on her reporting, "eagle down" the last special forces fighting the foremver war. sylvia poggioli european correspondent who reported on the war in...
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actually he was right, the pentagon did spying on them. they were going through the burn bags of the staff and the joint chiefs of staff, you can't make it up. everybody was spying on everybody. but the winter of 1971, nixon became particularly upset about henry kissinger boasting about his foreign-policy achievement. kissinger was a skillful national security adviser t adve big ideas came from nixon, that was his idea, not kissinger. so nixon wants to be able to read of him when they write their memoirs he wants there to be a record that shows what really happened. that is the impetus for putting in the tapes as kissinger later said he paid an awfully high price for that. >> absolutely right to guard against the inevitable and continuing memoirs of henrymselg kissinger. and also to write a multimillion dollar white house memoir. >> it never occurred to him that these were going into the presidential library many people would be able to listen to him. >> it was like $17 billion. he fought for years and years to keep them out and he ultimat
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there is a river of money flowing under the pentagon. barely funded through the catchall operations and maintenance accounts. there is no line item in the defense budget. so getting the unnecessary overhead spending without harming the important functions is extremely hard work. it's like a huge easter egg hunt but it can and must be done. a brief word here on resisting the usual approach of reducing budgets with across-the-board cuts. i have seen countless washington reform efforts over the years resulted in mindless salami slicing programs and organizations. that is not reform. managerial and political cowardice. true reform requires making trades and choices and tough decisions. recognizing some activities are more important than others. it's hard to do that essential if you are to reshape any organization into a more effective and efficient enterprise. further the congress must contain its own bad behavior such as insisting on continuing to be unneeded programs because of parochial interests. preventing the closure of roughly one qua
there is a river of money flowing under the pentagon. barely funded through the catchall operations and maintenance accounts. there is no line item in the defense budget. so getting the unnecessary overhead spending without harming the important functions is extremely hard work. it's like a huge easter egg hunt but it can and must be done. a brief word here on resisting the usual approach of reducing budgets with across-the-board cuts. i have seen countless washington reform efforts over the...
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come down to several departments and they go over and met with paul wolfowitz the secretary of the pentagon and then that same night they were called into the white house and briefed to several officials that this material appeared to have been chemically treated with the insight which was regarded as an indicator of signal of saddam hussein's fallujah warfare program. it that conclusion and scientist by the way conceded to me that he was wrong and was opining to use his language and refers to the experts. the fbi laboratory engaged. and escambia performed the most far-reaching analysis of the material that has been done today and conclusively established that material was not treated within the chemical. >> other questions? >> was there a final piece of evidence that allowed them to catch him or was it just a buildup of things? >> as he said in his introduction of rest some the conventional law enforcement evidence and then cutting edge scientist a lot of cutting its work with so those two things march. the fbi determined the material used in the attacks came from this one that he will on
come down to several departments and they go over and met with paul wolfowitz the secretary of the pentagon and then that same night they were called into the white house and briefed to several officials that this material appeared to have been chemically treated with the insight which was regarded as an indicator of signal of saddam hussein's fallujah warfare program. it that conclusion and scientist by the way conceded to me that he was wrong and was opining to use his language and refers to...
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the pentagon from syria into northern lebanon and there was a clash in the country over this. i spoke to a sunni imam whose job it was to bring these young men who now were in jail some of them back into a nonviolent way to express their views. but the thing he noted about all of the people who were on the terrorism wing in a lebanese present is they were all sunnis. and this bothered him greatly. how is it possible that it is only us considered terrorists and our own country. so those tensions, are there. how this plays in iraq, these things take time. iraq is certainly not a stable country today. as i said about the election that has just passed, you have democracy in iraq but without democrats. >> host: it's interesting when you recount the experience in lebanon and other places in the region. has iraq become something of afghanistan in the 1980's where there was this great jihad against the soviet occupation of afghanistan in the 1980's, a lot of young men, mostly sunni arab fighters would get trained for years in afghanistan, and then there would be this effective blow ba
the pentagon from syria into northern lebanon and there was a clash in the country over this. i spoke to a sunni imam whose job it was to bring these young men who now were in jail some of them back into a nonviolent way to express their views. but the thing he noted about all of the people who were on the terrorism wing in a lebanese present is they were all sunnis. and this bothered him greatly. how is it possible that it is only us considered terrorists and our own country. so those...
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so the plane was something we called the pentagon the division. this wasn't well remember but it wasn't him by the army to deal with, do with the offset strategy coming back at you. so than in the '70s and 80s, precision weapons. i think u.s. military got really good at sending loss of precision weapons towards enemies. and now kind of worried, and this is why i think the deputy secretary of the second of defense are talking about a third offset, worried about a coming back the other way, towards the precision weapons coming out american forces can potentially. if the army tried, if a lot of ground forces out of a tactical nuclear weapons, as an organizational challenge, is there an organizational challenge for land forces in the future? do we need to rethink organization or do we need to double down on the third offset that we don't need to, what do you think? >> look at, we've got a lot of very bright people who think about a lot of different things. the third offset is one of those things that's under discussion now. i'm a fundamentalist when i
so the plane was something we called the pentagon the division. this wasn't well remember but it wasn't him by the army to deal with, do with the offset strategy coming back at you. so than in the '70s and 80s, precision weapons. i think u.s. military got really good at sending loss of precision weapons towards enemies. and now kind of worried, and this is why i think the deputy secretary of the second of defense are talking about a third offset, worried about a coming back the other way,...
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republicans tax reform plan to get underway, we will take you now to and look at the discussion on the pentagon's investigation into the death of you servicemembers recently in niger. >> thanks for the opportunity to speak you but the recent events which claimed the lives of four americans -- [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> it looks like things about to get underway in just a second but there's house ways and means chair kevin brady on the right and we expect this discussion on the tax reform proposal republicans have put together to get started in just a moment. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> thank you all for being here this morning. i am president of real clear med
republicans tax reform plan to get underway, we will take you now to and look at the discussion on the pentagon's investigation into the death of you servicemembers recently in niger. >> thanks for the opportunity to speak you but the recent events which claimed the lives of four americans -- [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> it looks like things about to get underway in just a second but there's house ways and...
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islamic democrats the model christian democratic partiness europe and the key event was after major pentagon protestses that threatened the party, they said they would give up on their demands to put the word sharia in the constitution. and make sharia a basis for the tunisian government which i had said for many years was an irresistible demand for the political islamists. i said that in one officer my earlier books. the it the core constitutional strategy and they gave up on that core constitutional strategy and that is unsurprisingly as the right wing of the party was point out the reason for being. there was no long their islamist democratic party itself was more banal and liberal from ourselves perspective. that's amaze. then in egypt the middle ground couple you had a big tent with brotherhood partieses that withleft and right and range of different opinions but no very knew nuanced. the intellectuals were excluded from the governance part of the process. a disaster house thing happened a dictate before when intellectual moderates broke off to form their party and then left with the pe
islamic democrats the model christian democratic partiness europe and the key event was after major pentagon protestses that threatened the party, they said they would give up on their demands to put the word sharia in the constitution. and make sharia a basis for the tunisian government which i had said for many years was an irresistible demand for the political islamists. i said that in one officer my earlier books. the it the core constitutional strategy and they gave up on that core...
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and what are the plans and the pentagon for moving that date even earlier? >> as we try to balance the horse, if you give me all the money in the world i'd go for it in the next five years. of course, right now we are trying to balance -- yes, sir. right now we're trying to balance solvency and security because of solvency is critical to the long-term national security of our nation but at the same time we are asking for this year 3.1% of gdp and we believe that the nation can afford that and perhaps even increase that and that would depend, of course, on the level of taxation and willing to put in because we should not be going the national growing that further but at the same time what part of that tech space you are going to commit to national defense. i believe we are moving to more maritime strategy in terms of our military strategy to defend the country and it's the nature of our time and i'd be supportive if the senate found a way to increase the shipbuilding budget. >> work with us and ideas about getting there, sir. let me ask you my final question.
and what are the plans and the pentagon for moving that date even earlier? >> as we try to balance the horse, if you give me all the money in the world i'd go for it in the next five years. of course, right now we are trying to balance -- yes, sir. right now we're trying to balance solvency and security because of solvency is critical to the long-term national security of our nation but at the same time we are asking for this year 3.1% of gdp and we believe that the nation can afford that...
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corporation of the is states of america and the department of defense we do enjoy this relationship with the pentagon and the secretary of defense with the intelligence agencies of the two countries and to common interest and we may have a couple of disputes regarding the challenges in the way we should deal with them. it is unstable as soon as possible and i agree with the secretary of defense with the state of israel and with sooner rather than later. and regarding defense we are at the full. ended regarding the future because of the year-on-year in deal that the iran that today is more confident as a result with those international revolutions and it is running out from lebanon with yemen and others to go in with the infrastructure of five continents to sell then to change the nature and to consider america and then regarding the of ballistic missile so let's get these test last week one of them were enabled and that is part of the consideration and then going with two kindred billion dollars. and then to beat concluded. >> i will push you just a bit we both have watched this develop over the year
corporation of the is states of america and the department of defense we do enjoy this relationship with the pentagon and the secretary of defense with the intelligence agencies of the two countries and to common interest and we may have a couple of disputes regarding the challenges in the way we should deal with them. it is unstable as soon as possible and i agree with the secretary of defense with the state of israel and with sooner rather than later. and regarding defense we are at the full....
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was spending in 1998 so that was the pentagon money surge. that's brought military spending back up to the level that it was in the cold war, although, you look around, and today there's no competitor comparable to the old soviet empire, so why spend so much? well, let's take a look at the $2.5 trillion. half of that went directly to paying for new wars. the other half went to developing a new strategy that's evolved over the last 12-15 years. that strategy sets out goals and missions for the military that are far more ambitious than the traditional ones of defense and deterrence. the strategy is aimed to do a number of things. it's aimed to take our incomparable military power and to transform the world's security environment. that's one of the goals. it's aimed to try to prevent the emergence of threats, nip them all in the bud before they can grow if you can identify them, the world over. it aims to help stabilize so-called fragile states wherever we choose along the lines we choose. it's a system of nation building, and finally, it's aime
was spending in 1998 so that was the pentagon money surge. that's brought military spending back up to the level that it was in the cold war, although, you look around, and today there's no competitor comparable to the old soviet empire, so why spend so much? well, let's take a look at the $2.5 trillion. half of that went directly to paying for new wars. the other half went to developing a new strategy that's evolved over the last 12-15 years. that strategy sets out goals and missions for the...
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that's why the pentagon is so important. the main reason i was pushing michelle flournoy as i was, she understands this stuff and the pentagon bureaucracy in a way that very few other people do. ands this is going to be crucial if we're going to make whatever systems we build going to be effective. are we going to -- now, the f-35, 20-some-odd-years later, i guess it's going to work at some level. but the amount of money we spent, you know, we can't afford to do that. we've got to be better about implementing technology. >> all right. well, you know, we're seeing so much in the lawyer of nuclear weapons -- in the area of nuclear weapons where we have to think more broadly. hypersonic, a.i., you have to be technologists across the board, and even as -- and i think a really new challenge that you have in that is how do we adapt these technologies that'll be critical to the military going forward while also processing and thinking through and working internationally on arms control in those areas at the same time. >> right. and
that's why the pentagon is so important. the main reason i was pushing michelle flournoy as i was, she understands this stuff and the pentagon bureaucracy in a way that very few other people do. ands this is going to be crucial if we're going to make whatever systems we build going to be effective. are we going to -- now, the f-35, 20-some-odd-years later, i guess it's going to work at some level. but the amount of money we spent, you know, we can't afford to do that. we've got to be better...
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there were people let the pentagon advising against this. each country has been a case by case basis. i think what the administration has realized is that this is a jeanie des you cannot put back in the bottle. trying tomply shepherd this process as best they can, even though it is likely to be claimed as the regime. host: we are talking to jennifer crittendon, greg myre, husband and wife team. they understand you were just talking to secretary gates. guest: yes, secretary gates has a long history and relishes it with libya because he was debbie director of the cia -- deputy director of the cia, in the 1980's. he was definitely trying to caution against regime change in libya because he saw how difficult it was. one of the firm lines he has drawn is no grown troops in an african or middle eastern country. and he also cautioned the of the day on capitol hill that regime change often takes 10 years, as we have seen in iraq. host: we will go to andrew in florida. caller: i just want to make a quick comment about educational causes and universit
there were people let the pentagon advising against this. each country has been a case by case basis. i think what the administration has realized is that this is a jeanie des you cannot put back in the bottle. trying tomply shepherd this process as best they can, even though it is likely to be claimed as the regime. host: we are talking to jennifer crittendon, greg myre, husband and wife team. they understand you were just talking to secretary gates. guest: yes, secretary gates has a long...
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side, talk about your experiences, how this issue ran into the other things you dealt with at the pentagon or less so and generally speaking the experiences you had in the us israel coalition relationship. >> thank you for coming today, we are excited to see you. the us commitment to the state of israel and the security of israel is a historic one and one that has been carried through administration to administration, one of the few areas of our foreign policy that receive consistent solid bipartisan support. the pillar of american foreign policy for good reason. within that the defense relationship between the us and israel is unique and it is a pillar of the relationship. i think both sides do their best to insulate the defense relationship in our cooperation from the ups hands-downs in the political sphere where we have agreement on this, disagreement on that and so forth. having had the opportunity to work on this unique defense relationship the real governing principle is the notion of maintaining his real's qualitative military edge and to reference something, to ensure that is real
side, talk about your experiences, how this issue ran into the other things you dealt with at the pentagon or less so and generally speaking the experiences you had in the us israel coalition relationship. >> thank you for coming today, we are excited to see you. the us commitment to the state of israel and the security of israel is a historic one and one that has been carried through administration to administration, one of the few areas of our foreign policy that receive consistent...
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according to the pentagon these are all different kinds of forces from the army, navy, air force marine, marines and they will begin all types of function including air and missile defense and a range of other activities. >> host: you mentioned defense weapons. desi iron dome that needs to be replenished. it is also offensive weapons were sending? >> guest: absolutely. we would just talk about the steps the u.s. is taking to protect our interests and help israel. we know they're been attacks on u.s. forces in iraq and syria and we know the uss carney in a northern red sea antiseptics and missiles that apparently were heading towards israel. in addition to that, the u.s. as provided really quickly after the barbaric october 7 terror attacks that killed more than 1300 israelis, the u.s. has provided over 1800 of the joint direct attack munition kits that allow israelis to conduct precise attacks on minimizing civilian casualties. we have provide small bomb which has the same sort of function to restart to provide 155-millimeter artillery shells, armored vehicles and exactly we provide rep
according to the pentagon these are all different kinds of forces from the army, navy, air force marine, marines and they will begin all types of function including air and missile defense and a range of other activities. >> host: you mentioned defense weapons. desi iron dome that needs to be replenished. it is also offensive weapons were sending? >> guest: absolutely. we would just talk about the steps the u.s. is taking to protect our interests and help israel. we know they're...
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world trade center where the tradition of the reading of the names of the victims of the attack on the pentagon, the crash of flight 93 in pennsylvania and at the 1993 world trade center bombing continues. that began this morning at about age:40 and will continue until the names of nearly 3,000 victims are acknowledged. charles edward jones. christopher jones. donald jones to. >> donald jones. >> we are showing coverage on the companion network c-span three. president obama will be marking the anniversary of september 11 attacks with service members at fort meade in maryland this afternoon. we will have coverage at 3 p.m. eastern. members of congress are commemorating the anniversary. the office of the oklahoma senator james and a half sendoff they may we never forget the 3,000 lives lost and the selflessness of the first responders and not terri. terry. senator debbie fisher of nebraska simply said never forget. and john boehner says the flags have been lowered to half staff in memory of those lost on this day 14 years ago. commissioner john claude gave his first state of the union address and
world trade center where the tradition of the reading of the names of the victims of the attack on the pentagon, the crash of flight 93 in pennsylvania and at the 1993 world trade center bombing continues. that began this morning at about age:40 and will continue until the names of nearly 3,000 victims are acknowledged. charles edward jones. christopher jones. donald jones to. >> donald jones. >> we are showing coverage on the companion network c-span three. president obama will be...
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a general from the pentagon mentioned that we were going to invade iraq. general clark asked why. the general answered, i do not know. six weeks later he ran into the general again. iraq?till going into we are going to invade seven countries in five years. one of the morem influential institutions out there informing public opinion and propaganda. you say that obama did the right thing here. wereee that the instance the internet and social media is taking over. brezinski says we are in a lot time wele -- the first have a worldwide awakening to what we have been doing for the past 400 years. is nowanglehold you have being broken. it wasn't so much obama saw the light. i am 66 years old. i have never seen the american people over 90% on one issue in my life. guest: the iraqi war is a big story. i happen to oppose the war. i thought it was a bad idea. issue that webig cannot tackle right now. i want to say something about nct.president's insti this is a president who do not want to see entanglements. in, he escalated afghanistan. his instinct is not to intervene. we know he was reluc
a general from the pentagon mentioned that we were going to invade iraq. general clark asked why. the general answered, i do not know. six weeks later he ran into the general again. iraq?till going into we are going to invade seven countries in five years. one of the morem influential institutions out there informing public opinion and propaganda. you say that obama did the right thing here. wereee that the instance the internet and social media is taking over. brezinski says we are in a lot...
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the military and the pentagon haiku change my ability to understand the world. and certainly how our military culture thinks about it but in my own dealings with the secretary of defense, the civilian leader of the defense department and not that directly with my former colleagues because that is the way our system works. with secretary gates when he came to the white house he brought the chairman of the joint chiefs and that was his call. he didn't have to do that but that is what he did. and the chairman of the joint chiefs and secretary of defense but when i pick up the telephone to call the pentagon i didn't call a former colleague who happen to be in a big important position to get a military viewpoint. i got everything i needed from the secretary of defense and the secretary of state and civilian officials. you can spend 40 years in uniform and not be colored little bit by your experience and know something about it but i generally factor that in to help me understand things but i didn't carve out a special relationship with the military. >> in your perspe
the military and the pentagon haiku change my ability to understand the world. and certainly how our military culture thinks about it but in my own dealings with the secretary of defense, the civilian leader of the defense department and not that directly with my former colleagues because that is the way our system works. with secretary gates when he came to the white house he brought the chairman of the joint chiefs and that was his call. he didn't have to do that but that is what he did. and...
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your earlier questions and yeah, al qaeda strategically was way more dangerous than isis and that the pentagon says [inaudible] this is al qaeda. al qaeda is way bigger than it used to be and they are more area under their control. their narrative is popular among so many people all the way from the western shores of africa to southeast asia. the caliphate was defeated. however, isis did not go away and as long as the conditions that allowed isis to happen in the first place did exist and isis will come back. in afghanistan and boca around and in north africa and they have isis now on mozambique in east africa so they're all doing terrorist attacks and they are grouping and [inaudible] i think they were able to recover $300 million before they started losing so they have money and people in jail but eventually these neck nations won't prosecute them or put them in jail but these people started to escape and get out of these concentration camps in refugee camps or whatever you call them and isis can recruit so isis is still dangerous and we see every day more and more terrorist attacks in syria
your earlier questions and yeah, al qaeda strategically was way more dangerous than isis and that the pentagon says [inaudible] this is al qaeda. al qaeda is way bigger than it used to be and they are more area under their control. their narrative is popular among so many people all the way from the western shores of africa to southeast asia. the caliphate was defeated. however, isis did not go away and as long as the conditions that allowed isis to happen in the first place did exist and isis...
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you met in the last couple of days with a great senior american officials, white house, the pentagon. what can you come away with, what the return to israel with in terms of your sentence from the administration about understanding your security challenges and any new understandings with washington and how to address them and i will specifically focus on the syria front in this regard. >> first of all, we have really very goodfriends in russia . and it's interested in security, first of all and the main reason that the two states we are sharing the same values with commitment to democracy, or freedom of speech and especially in the russian front, people understand that in the middle east that the democracy itself, it is a big challenge so as i mentioned, and open society and with our press, that is more america than america and it's a real friendship. i think there is also a deep understanding, how deeply the challenge for israel to handle the same time with all threats that you mentioned and i mentioned d. especially with syria. all the atrocities in syria, this kind of regime that w
you met in the last couple of days with a great senior american officials, white house, the pentagon. what can you come away with, what the return to israel with in terms of your sentence from the administration about understanding your security challenges and any new understandings with washington and how to address them and i will specifically focus on the syria front in this regard. >> first of all, we have really very goodfriends in russia . and it's interested in security, first of...
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the pentagon to and have that rule. this photograph really by implication showed this was what kids were shipping. it was completely and totally wrong. it was not what kids were shipping. it was as misleading as an image can be. the rounds the kids shift, hundreds of millions they got to about 100 million rounds they shipped to this chinese ammunition to cobble there were never any complaints, it worked. it was strategically vital. as our results of the new york times story and how bad the government looked with these kids on the front page the shipments were stopped. the result, the afghans ran out of ammo in summer of 2008 which was a crucial time in that war as barack obama kept saying on the campaign trail. these were in the times when that war was lost. none of this, none of this, department of justice, state, pentagon, none of it has ever been reported until now. so one of the great pleasures of my kind of journalism is that you get the chance from time to time which i guess you would call not to burn a few bridge
the pentagon to and have that rule. this photograph really by implication showed this was what kids were shipping. it was completely and totally wrong. it was not what kids were shipping. it was as misleading as an image can be. the rounds the kids shift, hundreds of millions they got to about 100 million rounds they shipped to this chinese ammunition to cobble there were never any complaints, it worked. it was strategically vital. as our results of the new york times story and how bad the...
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. >> from the perspective of a researcher who recently spent a year inside the pentagon, what lessons do you come away with? what surprised you? talk about your experience as you go forward in the larger issue? >> there are open seats in the front if you would like to take them. you have a sense from ken and joseph votel were you counter in the region with partners but there are a lot of challenges we face here in washington. as far as the bureaucracy, how that functions or malfunctions. my view is a major ailment is internal to us. despite all the problems you heard about department themselves there's a lot of issues we have to face right here in washington to get this right. this large and exponentially growing enterprise is malfunctioning because our house is in great disorder. if it starts at home -- you can have the most proficient american training on the ground, they can educate our partners on defense doctrine, hand out the best manuals, form the closest bonds, kurds or otherwise. all of that would matter little if the bureaucracy here that is supposed to create, supervise, su
. >> from the perspective of a researcher who recently spent a year inside the pentagon, what lessons do you come away with? what surprised you? talk about your experience as you go forward in the larger issue? >> there are open seats in the front if you would like to take them. you have a sense from ken and joseph votel were you counter in the region with partners but there are a lot of challenges we face here in washington. as far as the bureaucracy, how that functions or...
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from her office in the pentagon ms. cooper oversaw significant amount of security systems flowing to ukraine and was involved in efforts to understand and reverse the suspension of nearly 400 million in u.s. aide. cooper along with others during about the freeze a series of's interagency meetings the last two weeks of july. at the first meeting on july 18 and owen be representative relayed that "the white house chief of staff has conveyed that the president has concerns about ukraine and ukraine security assistance". and a whole had been ordered by the president. no explanation was provided. all of the agencies responsible for ukraine policy supported security assistance and advocated for lifting of the hold. the only dissenting voice was the office of management and budget, which was following the orders of president trump. and still no good explanation of the hold was provided. while the eight suspension had not been made public, word was getting out, catherine croft, special advisor for ukraine negotiations work clos
from her office in the pentagon ms. cooper oversaw significant amount of security systems flowing to ukraine and was involved in efforts to understand and reverse the suspension of nearly 400 million in u.s. aide. cooper along with others during about the freeze a series of's interagency meetings the last two weeks of july. at the first meeting on july 18 and owen be representative relayed that "the white house chief of staff has conveyed that the president has concerns about ukraine and...
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mark, welcome back to the pentagon ranks. we are thrilled to have you here. it's the right leader for this job and we are all grateful for your willingness to take it on. as i sat from even attempt to soldiers can't do it without the help year we appreciate your wife, your son michael, daughter mary margaret for their willingness and supporters to take on another tough assignment. to both the odierno and milley family and milley families come in thank you or what you've done and what is to come. it is because of great leaders like you and the soldiers who are privileged to lead that we remain the preeminent ground force in the world then dispense abomination. congratulations. thank you, all. army strong. [applause] [inaudible conversations] >> ladies and gentlemen, general dempsey. [applause] >> thank you all for being here today for this great celebration of two terrific army families. i will be at not being in the nation needs of many distinguished guests and friends in the great leaders of our military, past and present. congratulations. it's a privilege t
mark, welcome back to the pentagon ranks. we are thrilled to have you here. it's the right leader for this job and we are all grateful for your willingness to take it on. as i sat from even attempt to soldiers can't do it without the help year we appreciate your wife, your son michael, daughter mary margaret for their willingness and supporters to take on another tough assignment. to both the odierno and milley family and milley families come in thank you or what you've done and what is to...
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there were people at the pentagon who were advising against this. i was talking to them. and so each country has been a case-by-case basis but i think what the administration has realized is that you really -- this is a jeanie you can't put back in the bottle and so they are simply trying to shepherd this process as best they can even though it will likely be a messy process as we've seen. >> host: we're talking with long time war reporters, greg myre, jennifer griffin. jennifer i understand you were just back from afghanistan. is that right? >> guest: yes, i was travel actually with afghanistan with defense secretary robert gates and it was at the time when they were deciding what to do with libya and we were hearing a lot -- behind the scenes a lot of the cons against getting involved. i mean, secretary gates has a long history and a relationship with libya because he was deputy director of the cia in the 80s when president ronald reagan tried to -- stride to strike against gadhafi. gadhafi survived in the '80s and secretary gates was to caution against regime change ab
there were people at the pentagon who were advising against this. i was talking to them. and so each country has been a case-by-case basis but i think what the administration has realized is that you really -- this is a jeanie you can't put back in the bottle and so they are simply trying to shepherd this process as best they can even though it will likely be a messy process as we've seen. >> host: we're talking with long time war reporters, greg myre, jennifer griffin. jennifer i...
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for example, in a pentagon press briefing the american public was informed the united states will have a condition -based military presence after defeat. however no information has been provided about the conditions about which u.s. forces will be syria. to gate i hope to gain insight. our young men and women in uniform and their families deserve to be fully informed of what they're fighting for and what when the fight will be over. i share the chairman's concern that the department of defense declined the invitation to testify. we have jurisdiction over the authorization for the use of military force to spend significant time debating whether this covers entities like isis given the authorization was to target al qaeda in afghanistan. now even after isis is defeated our forces may still remain in syria to make sure isis cannot return. the same time forces have increased without public explanation. considered that forces mistake to mitigate against isis return ramping up u.s. forces seems like the prelude to another forever war with no congressional authorization. if we've learned anyt
for example, in a pentagon press briefing the american public was informed the united states will have a condition -based military presence after defeat. however no information has been provided about the conditions about which u.s. forces will be syria. to gate i hope to gain insight. our young men and women in uniform and their families deserve to be fully informed of what they're fighting for and what when the fight will be over. i share the chairman's concern that the department of defense...
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in fact, the pentagon's most recent national defense strategy doesn't mention the southern border as a national defense priority. meanwhile, the pentagon has billions of dollars in infrastructure backlogs ranging from military construction projects for new missions to deferred maintenance in facility sustainment restoration an modernization. there is no credible argument that a border wall takes priority over any of these. of course, the president doesn't have a real plan for building his border wall. in july, the government accountability office warned that the trump administration's approach increased risk that the wall, in their words, will cost more than projected, take longer than planned for or not fully perform as expected. is it any wonder that congressional g.o.p. leaders rejected this wall when they controlled every branch of the government over the last two years? the president has not been honest with the american people. he hasn't even been straight with members of his administration or members of his own party in congress who are often hung out to dry. in fact, two days
in fact, the pentagon's most recent national defense strategy doesn't mention the southern border as a national defense priority. meanwhile, the pentagon has billions of dollars in infrastructure backlogs ranging from military construction projects for new missions to deferred maintenance in facility sustainment restoration an modernization. there is no credible argument that a border wall takes priority over any of these. of course, the president doesn't have a real plan for building his...
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actually the pentagon said al-qaeda and aqim is way more dangerous to the united states strategy in the region that isis. so this is al-qaeda. al-qaeda is way bigger than he is to be on the day bin laden died. therefore affiliates and that more areas under their control. they are narrative is popular among so many people all the way from the western shores of africa to southeast asia. isis was defeated. the caliphate were defeated. however, isis did not go away. isis today is with al-qaeda use after 9/11. they will recruit. long as the conditions that allowed isotropic in the first place exists, isis will come back if we start seeing provinces of ice in afghanistan, in boko haram, begin isis province in west africa. they have ice is now in mozambique in east africa. they are doing terrorist attacks, and they are regrouping and have a group network. they saved a lot of the money. they were able to recover about $300 million reportedly before the -- so that money. you have a lot of people in jail but eventually these western countries and these nations will prosecute them and put them in
actually the pentagon said al-qaeda and aqim is way more dangerous to the united states strategy in the region that isis. so this is al-qaeda. al-qaeda is way bigger than he is to be on the day bin laden died. therefore affiliates and that more areas under their control. they are narrative is popular among so many people all the way from the western shores of africa to southeast asia. isis was defeated. the caliphate were defeated. however, isis did not go away. isis today is with al-qaeda use...
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everybody in the cia and the fbi and the pentagon who knew these things we know there were not working together. but that was not good enough, right? so they took a guy who worked with al-qaeda. they tortured him and he said yes, they are working together. absolutely they're developing wmd program together. we took this information to the united nations security counsel, i think everybody remembers. secretary holding that small little too with the george kent behind talk about how al-qaeda and saddam are working together to develop wmd which would be devastating to any american city or any city around the world once we got iraq we knew everything was a lie. we kind of knew it was a lie. colin powell was forced to go into it. he did not make sense. but when we look back to the sheikh and said to them why did you lie? because you were torturing me, i gave you anything you wanted to hear. so operationally speaking, there is a big difference between compliance and between cooperation. compliance is when i get what i want to hear. dick cheney wants to hear saddam and al-qaeda are working to
everybody in the cia and the fbi and the pentagon who knew these things we know there were not working together. but that was not good enough, right? so they took a guy who worked with al-qaeda. they tortured him and he said yes, they are working together. absolutely they're developing wmd program together. we took this information to the united nations security counsel, i think everybody remembers. secretary holding that small little too with the george kent behind talk about how al-qaeda and...
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well, actually i was in afghanistan in december 'cause i still go back and forth with my job at the pentagon and i was traveling with secretary panetta when he was there. and i think what is quite humbling and distressing to those of us who have watched the afghan conflict, whether it was the war between the mujahedeen when we were there after the soviets pulled out or the rise of the taliban, the end of the taliban, and the last 10 years of war is that very little has changed in afghanistan in terms of at the tribal level, in terms of building any sort of a government or dealing with the corruption that is enemic there. there's a lot of good that has been done in the sense
well, actually i was in afghanistan in december 'cause i still go back and forth with my job at the pentagon and i was traveling with secretary panetta when he was there. and i think what is quite humbling and distressing to those of us who have watched the afghan conflict, whether it was the war between the mujahedeen when we were there after the soviets pulled out or the rise of the taliban, the end of the taliban, and the last 10 years of war is that very little has changed in afghanistan in...